Change-receiver



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C. L. BELLAMY.

CHANGE RECEIVER. E

No. 415,807. Patented Nov. 26, 1889.

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEBELLAMY, OF ARLINGTON, NE\V JERSEY.

CHANGE-RECEIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,807, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed February 9, 1889. Serial No. 299,316. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. BELLAMY, a citizen of the United States, and'a resident of Arlington, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Change-Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to devices employed for facilitating the picking up of change, and has for its object the provision of a receiver wherefrom coin, &c., may be easily transferred to the hand without danger of dropping or escaping from the fingers. k

To attain the desired end my invention conslsts, essentially, in a receptacle mounted upon a standard or base, and so arranged that by placing the hand on or beneath said receptacle, upon either side thereof, it may be tilted,

sliding the change into the hand, and after the removal of the hand the receptacle will automatically return to a horizontal position and my invention also involves certain other novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts and peculiarities of construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectlonal view of the receiver, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating its operation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the base, made of any desired material, and provided with a standard B.

C 1s a shoulder formed within standard B.

D 1s a receptacle, preferably circular in shape and slightly concave. This receptacle is provided with a skirt E, having a ball-support located centrally beneath the receptacle D, particularly illustrated in Fig. 1.

G is a gasket, of rubber or other suitable material, which comes in contact with the edge of standard B, preventing noise, wear, &c., when the device is in use. I

At the center of the ball is placed an eye II, to which a rod I is attached, said rod passing downward and being connected to a button or Washer J by means of a nut K, or in any other desired manner.

L is a coiled spring, the lower end whereof finds a bearingupon button J and the upper end against shoulder G.

hen the parts are assembled as above described, my change-receiver will be found admirably adapted to the uses and purposes for which it is intended. Change of any denomination may be placed upon the receptacle, and by pressing the hand against the skirt E, upon any side of the device, the receptacle will be so tilted as to slide the change into the hand in a mass, and danger of dropping the same and the annoyance experienced in attempting to pick up coin upon a flat surface, especially should the hand be gloved, are entirely overcome. hen the hand is removed, the receptacle will again assume a horizontal position for further use.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A change-receiver consisting of a receptacle mounted upon a yielding support, a skirt secured to said receptacle by which it may be tilted in anydirection, and a spring whereby said receptacle will be normally held. in a horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

2. A change-receiver consisting of a receptacle tiltable in any direction, yieldingly' mounted upon a fixed support, in combination with a spring whereby said receptacle is normally held in a horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

3. In achange-receiver,areceptacle mounted upon a standard or base and tiltable in any direction, said receiver being provided with a depending skirt, and a spring for antomatically returning the receptacle to a horizontal position when tilted, substantially as shown and described;

4. In a change-receiver, a receptacle provided with a depending skirt, a ball centrally located in the mouth of a vertical support therebeneath, a rod connected to said ball lo- .cated within said support limiting the movement of the receptacle, and a spring also located within the support and connected to said rod for automatically returning the receptacle to a horizontal position after being tilted, the whole combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

5. A change-receiver consisting of a base whereon is mounted a hollow standard containing an annular shoulder, a receptacle provided with a depending skirt having a centrally-located ball-bearing which fits into the open mouth of the standard, a rod pivoted to the ball beneath the skirt, said rod passing to a button within the standard, and a spring connecting the rod with the base, the whole combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

6. A change-receiver consisting of a base supporting a hollow standard containing an annular shoulder, a receptacle mounted upon a ball-bearing fitting into the upper extremity of the hollow standard, a rod pivoted tosaid bearing and passing to a button within the standard, and a spring located between said button and the shoulder within the standard, the whole combined and arranged substantially as shown and described.

7. A change-receiver consisting of a receptacle yieldingly mounted upon a standard and arranged to tilt in any direction when pressure is applied to its edge, and means for antomatically returning it to a horizontal position, substantially as shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 5th day of February, A. D. 1889.

CHARLES L. BELLAMY.

Witnesses:

O. L. THOMAS, A. M. PIERCE. 

